Ha, Just went and checked. 17 homicides in Baltimore THIS YEAR !!! Thats almost one per day.....Maybe I should go get the Baltimore Stats ?????
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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dukeboy440
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Hahahahaha I didn’t say I did. But got enough out of that old rusty bucket to get a swap meet spot and spending coin
Rented her out.......
I know, not nice.....She seems to be a good person....Met her twice...
lol she still thinks you’re a carney
Maybe I should go get the Baltimore Stats ?????
We'll compare them to the Englewood neighborhood stats....
Holy Cow! The wife is from Detroit area, I think Baltimore has it beat!
dukeboy440
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Don’t worry, it’s still cold as hell up there, by March, Chicago will explode and then Detroit, you’ll be seeing dozens of deaths a day
Ddaddy
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Cool, glad you are enjoying the calendar. Looks like the shop is coming together nicely!
Detroit holds its own... I used to live there....
surprisingly Benton Harbor, MI is close in homicides per capita to Detroit....
You say that like it is a bad thing....
dukeboy440
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Lol no
Body shop called, now that Duster is back from the frame shop (spent a LONG time there), they wanted to go over the upcoming work. One thing was that the fiberglass hood that came with the car was too rough, now I have to decide metal OEM or a better fiberglass with hood hinge (light duty).
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Well, I vote metal. Unless you are trying to get serious about weight reduction for drag racing, metal will be more durable and hold up better over time.
dukeboy440
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Glasstek. Best fitting fiberglass parts I’ve dealt with across 3 different vehicles
I didn't like so many Dzus fasteners, would be break out the hot dogs and marshmallows if something it were ever to catch fire.
I'll look into that, are they hinged and do they latch or pins?
dukeboy440
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So in other news, my birthday coming up and my wife gave me an early present. No x rated. She’s started a small savings account and put some cash in it as a start to saving for my Route 66 trip I want to take! She’s not interested in going and hasn’t ever been, but she’s suggested I take my Army buddy that’s I’m real close friends with.
dukeboy440
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They have both versions. And sell light weight hinges too. Price is pretty good, even better if you catch them at a show. Mine is a full lift off, I got it for 100 bucks brand new directly from them the last day of a swap meet.
WTF is wrong with people? Do you ever pee
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Metal will also give a better fit and finish than fiberglass.
dukeboy440
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Drinking the Bong water. That’s what I’m attributing it too
I checked out their website, closed right now as in Il, will consider as I saw the bolt on. Will discuss with body man, thanks.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
We don’t have enough time or space to even begin listing, much less answering the question of what is wrong with people...LOL!
dukeboy440
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Sad part is, common decency, respect and sense have all gone the way of the dinosaurs. It’s almost like people are out to screw other people. Some make it obvious, some pretend friendship, it’s just sad.
As much as I’d like to point to one generation or another, it’s really transcends multiple generations these days.
maybe I was just raised different, hell i don’t know. But the people in this world generally suck.
I bought a variac on Ebay to bring up the AC voltage to my "new" vintage tube receiver. It popped my 20 amp circuit breaker upon plugging in a couple of times. I reset, checked the voltage out, it's smooth from 0 ish to 122 vac. At first I thought for sure it was the variac, there was some issue but after thinking about it, 1. It's fused itself, now maybe that's for the output but that fuse never blew, it's 2kv and 15 amp, old school heavy duty and it could be inrush current or noise and my new style circuit breaker won't tolerate the plug in. In use it will always be plugged in with the receiver plugged into it's outlet. Anyone have an opinion on this? Am I in denial?
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
My first check would be the power cord itself. It may have a short in it.
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